The president congratulated Trump on his win and said he looks forward to a smooth transition. Trump expressed appreciation for the president’s remarks. WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden met with President-elect Donald Trump for nearly two hours in the Oval Office on Nov. 13, during which both committed to a smooth transfer of power. In brief remarks
Tides Foundation’s donors include George Soros and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Palestinian protesters burn the U.S. flag during a demonstration. (Getty Images) The Tides Foundation, a left-wing dark money giant backed by George Soros and other progressive billionaires, bankrolled the fiscal sponsor of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, an anti-Semitic group sanctioned in the
Big changes could be coming in how the upper chamber of Congress is managed when the 119th Congress convenes on Jan. 3, 2025. News Analysis WASHINGTON—Washington pundits are portraying the contest for Senate majority leader as pitting two well-liked GOP establishment favorites—Sen. John Thune of South Dakota and Sen. John Cornyn of Texas—against Florida conservative
New York Democrats clawed back their losses in the 2022 midterms. NEW YORK—New York’s highly competitive U.S. House races, upstate and on Long Island, resulted in the election of politicians who will bring to the 119th Congress a somewhat different political agenda. Despite a strong showing nationally for the Republican Party and President-elect Donald Trump,
President Joe Biden made student loan forgiveness a central issue to his administration, rolling out efforts to forgive debt as well as to lower repayments for millions of borrowers. But with President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House in January, the future of those efforts is now in question. During the presidential debate with
President-elect Donald Trump is already beginning to finalize his Cabinet roster less than a week after his decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. The president’s Cabinet usually includes the vice president and the heads of 15 executive departments, including the president’s chief of staff, the secretary of state, and the administrator of the Environmental
A GIF of sand trickling in an hourglass, posted with Rudd’s statement on Trump’s win, suggests that Rudd’s time is up. Dan Scavino, senior advisor of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, posted a cryptic GIF on social media, directed at Australian Ambassador to the U.S., Kevin Rudd. The image, showing sand trickling through an hourglass, was